Monthly Archives: December 2021

I’ll bet they remember an episode of “Community” done with stop-motion animation, or the unfulfilled dream of Jerry Seinfeld, to do a stop-motion episode of his series way back when. Ted Lasso in plasticine? Here it is.

Did they pitch the script to MBJ knowing he’d be curious, seeing as how his father figure is writing a booklet to his unborn child, to be named Jordan? Or did they change the name once he signed on? Just … Continue reading →

If you’ve watched any movie with even a trace of Japan about it, you’ve probably stumbled across the work of actor and sometime director “Beat” Takeshi Kitano. He was in the “Battle Royale” movies, “Johnny Mnemonic,” did a definitive version … Continue reading →

The screenwriter who gave us “Whiplash” makes her splashy (sorry) directing debut with “The Novice,” a movie about an insanely competitive college coed who takes up competitive rowing, where the competition takes over her. Because if there are two things … Continue reading →

This Jan 28 “high school reunion afterparty where the shallow, influencer host gets murdered” has no “true crime podcast hook, thank heavens. But Tiffany Haddish is the cop looking over a whole lot of suspects. Zoe Chao, Sam Richardson, Ike … Continue reading →

This Michelle Yeoh star vehicle about an immigrant who is “the only hope” opens in March. Pretty dazzling trailer. Jamie Leigh Curtis and James Hong star in this A24 release.

I can’t recall ever dumping on a “Spider-Man” movie, and I see no reason to start now. Yes, they’re as repetitive and formulaic as the other franchises in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But they never fail to find the cute … Continue reading →

It’s animated and out in April.

How well do you figure the “National Treasure” movies played, how easily understandable were they to international audiences with even less knowledge of the arcana of American history than the average U.S. Joe? That’s something I pondered while watching a … Continue reading →

This send up of Cage’s rep, image and last dozen years of career choices, not all of them “Pig,” could go either way…great or not so much. What do you think, based on this first teaser?